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Web Links
Here are some resources I discovered or had pointed out to me while researching and creating this web site. It is not even remotely comprehensive! You can find a lot more by doing a search yourself. If you know of a site you feel would be valuable for others interested in this subject, let me know and I will add a link.
Time sensitive - Events
"Hybridfest" - 22 July 2006 in Wisconsin - An out-of-state adventure for you and your Prius (It's over!)
Prius Owners and Groups
Here's a guy who did
all the collecting
for me
Interesting
Car and Driver article
This group wants to
make the Prius even more electric
As does CalCars, adding batteries to get
infinite mpg on short trips
The Autoblog site
has current Prius news and discussions
Goodies!
Good technical discussions and more at
Priusonline.com
Here is a
Prius driving simulator! Extreme coolth
And a 12V version of
the PriUPS idea.
Enormous list of
Prius links.
A not quite so enormous list of "Fuel
Efficient Vehicle" links
A guy who
sent a proposal to Toyota to use the Prius for energy. It was
apparently ignored.
Another goodies site,
mostly silly or unnecessary stuff, but Prius-centric.A host of Prius
modifications from the "EVNUT"
— that says it all —
web site.
General Hybrid Vehicle Sites
News, links, owner views and postings for all hybrid manufacturers at
MixedPower.com
Blogs, current news, dealer recommendations and more at
hybridcars.com
The Hybrid Jungle is a community and
resource with a message board, articles, and news.
Prius Technical Information
What's Going On as I Drive my Toyota Prius from
Graham Davies
who's been at this a long time
Ernst Schmidbauer
also has made some interesting measurements and observations
Interesting and valuable
diagnostic information including a
CAN interface
And a scanner
to get your own data
A mother lode of useful and interesting data:
With this you don't even need a Prius, you can just simulate your way to a
destination. Infinite mpg!
Useful specifications for the three
generations of Prius battery.
Inverters
Some
background information on inverters in general
Even
Toyota makes an inverter, but not for the Prius
Design your own
A Company that makes house UPS units.
Ham (Amateur Radio) Related Prius Information
WA8LMF has some good information on installing a radio transmitter in the Prius.
Other types of Home "UPS" units - generators, etc.
A company that believes in a UPS for the home,
although with a conventional UPS. Possible source for electrical transfer
hardware and switching.
Anderson power - High power
connectors for DC
Onan generators
Honda Generators
Solar and Wind Power
Electric and Semi-Electric Vehicles
Valuable information on grid-connection issues from
AC Propulsion
And a site devoted to "Vehicle to Grid Power"
Add a bigger battery to your Prius
Information on adding a
bigger battery to your Prius
Miscellaneous
Does the Prius make financial sense? My favorite financial dude Andrew Tobias occasionally writes on the subject, but you'll have to find the individual columns yourself.
Driving, and The Audi Brake Scandal: P.J. O'Rourke explains everything in Parliament of Whores. Only tangentially related, but a must-read.
Credits
Thanks to the indefatigable Michael Grace for finding a lot of this stuff and sending it while the western world sleeps.
Updated 05 May 2008